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Investigators face cuts at Australian Transport Safety Bureau

March 19, 2014 in Engineers, Latest News, Scientists, Transport 0

Specialist investigators at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, the air safety watchdog, face job cuts even though resources are needed for the MH370 investigation.

Professionals Australia estimates as many as 10 air safety investigators could lose their jobs from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, the air safety watchdog which has told Malaysia it is on standby to help if needed during its missing jet crisis.

The opposition is calling on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to protect transport safety from budget cuts in the federal budget.

The bureau has not yet been needed by Malaysia because the aircraft is still missing, although it has offered the support of its analysts if the aircraft is found.

David Smith, from Professionals Australia, said the work of air, sea and rail investigators, mostly based in Canberra, had increased in recent years, partly due to its workforce of investigators dropping from about 60 to 48 through natural attrition. A further cut to the number of investigators of 15 per cent to 20 per cent would reduce the number of investigators by seven to 10 and take the total to about 40.

 

”I sought a commitment [from management] that would keep investigators and analysts out of the workforce cuts because that’s the core function of the organisation. They’ve responded that they can’t do that.”

He said the bureau was separated from the Infrastructure Department a number of years ago which had only led to the corporate side of the organisation, including administration, costing more.

Opposition infrastructure spokesman Anthony Albanese said the public needed to know Australia had the highest transport safety standards and retained a capacity to investigate accidents and near misses.

”Public safety should be any government’s first responsibility. This vital work of the ATSB cannot be compromised in the search for spending cuts for their own sake.

Read the complete article, “Investigator cuts at Australian Transport Bureau”, Phillip Thomson, Canberra Times.

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